Vanarama National League South preview and stats: Chelmsford City - Slough Town at The Hawthorns

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Mon 23.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (3019 seats)

Three points for the home side is expected from this game if the league table is to be believed. The Chelmsford City regulars are confident that the mismatch between 4th and Slough Town's 17th spot in the table will be visible on the playing field.

Insights:
  • Chelmsford City have the most clean sheets (12) in Vanarama National League South
  • Slough Town have the most conceded goals (51) in Vanarama National League South

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Chelmsford City and Slough Town.

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Chelmsford City form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at The Hawthorns as Chelmsford City have scored 21 goals to get 26 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Vanarama National League South are 8-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Chelmsford City are returning here after visiting Weymouth and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Sweet to taste a league win after three games without one.

Prior to that, an away loss at Ebbsfleet United.

Chelmsford have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Hawthorns with 21 goals in 13 league matches. Chelmsford City are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Hawthorns in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 13 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Slough Town form and stats

Playing away, Slough Town have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the Vanarama National League South this season.

Slough won their last game, 4-3 versus Dulwich Hamlet played at home. A stark raving crazy fixture with masses of goals last time out for Slough Town, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that fun game, will this fixture be as full of joy?

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Tonbridge Angels that ended 3-3.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 12 of this club's 15 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.

Slough Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Slough's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips. Slough Town has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

This happened when the participants met earlier this campaign; Slough Town - Chelmsford City 0-2. Head-to-head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Chelmsford City won four games, two matches ended in a draw and Slough Town managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.

Top Goalscorers

Chelmsford CityS. Jackson
S. Jackson
7 goals
ChelmsfordT. Blackwell
T. Blackwell
6 goals
Slough TownJ. Goddard
J. Goddard
5 goals

Chelmsford City missing players

Slough Town missing players

Chelmsford City Slough Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 4 12 26
14 8 3 Won W 1 3 7
5 2 0 Drew D 1 4 7
7 3 2 Lost L 2 5 12
35 21 6 Scored S 6 15 34
23 10 4 Conceded C 8 23 51
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
62% 62% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 85%
38% 31% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 67% 65%
19% 23% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 42% 46%
8% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 19%
35% 31% 20% BTTS BTTS 75% 67% 69%
46% 54% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 15%
31% 23% 40% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 23%
 
4.8 5.9 6.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.4 4.6
4.7 4.2 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.7 5.2
2 1.9 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.5 12 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 9.2 10.9
4 5 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.6 3.9
34% 32% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 35% 32%
 
10.4 9.6 10.4 Shots against (avg) S A 19 13.8 12.5
4 3.6 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.8 5.8 5.3
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Chelmsford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Chelmsford City have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Vanarama National League South
  • Chelmsford City have the most clean sheets (12) in Vanarama National League South
  • Chelmsford City have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • Chelmsford City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Slough Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Slough Town have the most conceded goals (51) in Vanarama National League South
  • Slough Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in Vanarama National League South

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ebbsfleet United 26 18 3 5 58 28 14 10 1 3 36 14 12 8 2 2 22 14 30 57
2 Dartford 28 18 3 7 58 29 14 10 1 3 32 13 14 8 2 4 26 16 29 57
3 Havant & Waterlooville 25 16 4 5 56 34 14 8 1 5 29 20 11 8 3 0 27 14 22 52
4 Chelmsford City 26 14 5 7 35 23 13 8 2 3 21 10 13 6 3 4 14 13 12 47
5 Oxford City 29 12 10 7 47 39 14 7 5 2 32 21 15 5 5 5 15 18 8 46
6 Worthing 27 12 10 5 45 38 14 5 5 4 22 28 13 7 5 1 23 10 7 46
7 St Albans City 26 12 6 8 42 26 13 5 4 4 17 12 13 7 2 4 25 14 16 42
8 Eastbourne Borough 28 13 3 12 47 43 15 7 1 7 27 22 13 6 2 5 20 21 4 42
9 Braintree Town 26 11 7 8 40 35 13 7 6 0 22 11 13 4 1 8 18 24 5 40
10 Tonbridge Angels 27 11 4 12 40 46 13 5 3 5 20 22 14 6 1 7 20 24 -6 37
11 Bath City 26 9 8 9 37 36 12 5 2 5 19 16 14 4 6 4 18 20 1 35
12 Farnborough 22 9 6 7 27 23 10 4 3 3 12 10 12 5 3 4 15 13 4 33
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 26 9 6 11 31 36 13 5 3 5 15 16 13 4 3 6 16 20 -5 33
14 Welling United 25 8 8 9 35 41 13 4 3 6 20 22 12 4 5 3 15 19 -6 32
15 Dover Athletic 26 8 7 11 31 35 13 5 3 5 19 16 13 3 4 6 12 19 -4 31
16 Dulwich Hamlet 24 9 4 11 39 44 12 5 1 6 17 20 12 4 3 5 22 24 -5 31
17 Slough Town 26 7 7 12 34 51 14 4 3 7 19 28 12 3 4 5 15 23 -17 28
18 Taunton Town 19 6 7 6 18 18 8 4 4 0 11 4 11 2 3 6 7 14 0 25
19 Hampton & Richmond 24 6 6 12 30 41 12 2 5 5 11 20 12 4 1 7 19 21 -11 24
20 Chippenham Town 23 6 6 11 21 33 9 4 2 3 6 7 14 2 4 8 15 26 -12 24
21 Concord Rangers 23 6 5 12 23 38 13 4 4 5 16 19 10 2 1 7 7 19 -15 23
22 Cheshunt 25 7 2 16 30 48 13 5 0 8 21 29 12 2 2 8 9 19 -18 23
23 Weymouth 24 5 3 16 26 48 12 1 2 9 6 21 12 4 1 7 20 27 -22 18
24 Hungerford Town 25 4 4 17 19 36 12 3 3 6 8 10 13 1 1 11 11 26 -17 16

Read more about Vanarama National League South

The National League South, formerly known as Conference South, is the sixth highest division in English football. It consists of teams located in the South West and South East of England, London and the southern parts of Wales, the Midlands and the East of England. 22 teams make up the league table.